Jimmy 'The Fish' Sabatini smiles widely at Needles, showing a row of sharp, yellow teeth. "You think me a villian? Well you are right, I am a horrible sort and willing to flout the law for profit. But there is no profit in terrorizing the poor. No, the rats will be a fine source of cheap meat for the local community, or as you sometimes call it, the Slums. The locals will have access to inexpensive food through the giant rat farms and me and the boys will pocket some easy coin. Everyone here wins, especially me. Of course the food vendors in the other districts will not be happy as they will lose some business, so there will be some future threats. But we businessmen tend to keep those unfortunate disputes between ourselves as much as possible." He smiles wickedly to himself as he remembers previous incidents where 'disputes' occurred.
The party eventually reaches Sir Silvershield's office with the good news that they had delivered the summons and that Mr. Sabatini agreed to show to court on the appointed day. He is delighted as he takes back the magical token. "That's fantastic news! And without having to use up my token or my the soldiers at my disposal. Of course since those soldiers had to be paid anyway for their day of service, used or not, we had to deduct some money from your 1200gp payment. Then there is the city tax, the payment for my paperwork-oriented services, and the money due to the Thieves Guild messenger service, split by your adventuring party. That comes out to 100gp to each of you." He divvies out your share and wishes you a good day. "I'll keep you in mind for future work," he says as he escorts you out. Somehow you were cheated again out of your share of the reward, but 100gp for each of you is still a lot of money for ale and food at Abe's Pub.
Artemesia also congratulates you when you reach her office. Glancing at the chess boards, it looks like a few more moves have been made and her gray pieces are pushing aggressively against her black chess opponent and white chess opponent on their respective boards. She is looking more refreshed, too, and you can tell the positive conclusion of your case has brightened her mood. "Get some rest! And take time off. You've earned it. Our office cannot get involved in city legal issues, and what Mr. Sabatini is trying to hire you to do is technically against the law since he is trying to start this business without the proper municipal licensing, union contracts and agreements, city hearings for zoning rights and health inspections. So our organization cannot agree to aid him in anyway. However, I cannot control the actions of my employees on unpaid leave. So take a couple weeks off and I'll make sure that you are not to be called in during that time unless there is an emergency. Of course you may always come in here for advice whether you are on leave or not, if you should find yourselves in trouble. And the company equipment store will also be available if you need to purchase equipment for activities outside the department," she says as she looks at you meaningfully.
OOC: 100gp to each of you, as well as 300XP. I plan to have your characters rest today, relax at Abe's Pub tomorrow, and take Mr. Sabatini's job the next day.
